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  1. Options for managing the assessment process

    You have three options for managing the administration of the Creative Communities Scheme: Doing it “in-house” – You can administer the scheme itself. Using a third party – You can contract a community arts council ...
  2. Overview of CCS Process

    The following table gives you an overview of the CCS administrator role and responsibilities. Establish the assessment committee Understand the role of the assessment committee Ensure the make-up of the assessment committee meets CCS...
  3. Advising applicants and receiving applications

    The Application Form You must post the CCS Application Guide and CCS Application Form on your website, and send it out to any applicants who ask for it.  You will have to adapt the CCS Application Form, eg inserting your logo, contact detai...
  4. Record-keeping by local councils

    All councils are subject to the Public Records Act 2005. CCS records should be kept according to your council’s Retention and Disposal Schedule. You will need to discuss this with your council’s information manager. The records that wil...
  5. Other Funding

    Can people receive funding from both CCS and the council funding e.g. community boards or events/community grants? Yes. Funding from the Creative Communities Scheme and from Community Boards comes from two different places i.e. taxes/lotteries (C...
  6. 7. Reporting to Creative NZ

    Ensure you have received project completion reports from applicants. Report on funding round at completion of each round using the Grants Tracking Tool (GTT) Complete your Annual Evaluation Report for submission at end of financial year. Gra...
  7. Eligible projects and applicants

    What is a project? The term ‘project’ refers to a self-contained activity that is time-bound with an identifiable start and finish date. This might be short-term (e.g. a one-off weekend workshop) or long-term (e.g. a programme of exhi...
  8. Changes to CCS Funded Projects

    Can successful applicants change their projects? It is not uncommon for projects to change after they have been funded. This can be for a variety of reasons such as having to resize the project to match available funding or shifting the dates due...
  9. Community Arts Toolkit

    Community arts are created by, with, and for a community. The community is actively involved in creating, or learning how to create the art.   Visit or share the Creative NZ Community Arts Toolkit with your applicants for a best practice g...
  10. Project Completion Information

    What do I do if an applicant doesn’t return their project completion report? We suggest the following: Send out a letter/email requesting the report within a specified timeframe, and explaining that a condition of receiving the funding wa...